Words — 142 found
1. geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)Linguistics
ぎょくせきこんこう
玉石混交
1. mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff; mixture of precious gems and common rocksYojijukugo (four character compound)
玉石混淆 【ぎょくせきこんこう】
たざんいし
他山の石
1. lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)Idiomatic expression, See also 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし
1. (raw) ore
2. unpolished gemstone
はくびしん
白鼻心
1. masked palm civet (Paguma larvata); gem-faced civetUsually written using kana alone
ハクビシン
白鼻心: Rarely-used kanji form.
1. Genbun era (1736.4.28-1741.2.27)Historical term
カラット
1. carat (unit of weight for gemstones and pearls)
2. karat (measure of purity of gold); carat
ほうせきがっかい
宝石学会
1. Gemological Institute of AmericaOrganization name
2. Gemological Institute of America
そくおんびん
促音便
1. nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i')Linguistics, See also 撥音便
くろたちかます
黒太刀魳
1. snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)Usually written using kana alone
黒太刀梭子魚 【くろたちかます】、黒太刀梭魚 【くろたちかます】、黒太刀魣 【くろたちかます】、クロタチカマス